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Right would be a word as much out of place as among birds and beasts.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “Right would be a word as much out of place as among birds and beasts.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher argues that without moral considerations, the concept of 'right' becomes meaningless in the natural world.
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